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The day Hakeno had been waiting for had arrived.
“Are you ready?”
“of course.”
Get ready to overthrow the world’s market right away.
As a result of the investigation, a bottle had been sent to some countries for sample use, but everyone still had it for research purposes, and there were only a few researchers and people in charge who knew about it.
“Let’s go.”
After receiving the potion from Seong-hyeon, only a few drops were collected separately and the experiment was finished.
Both the rats suffering from incurable diseases and the rats with major wounds.
It came back to normal without any exceptions.
The so-called panacea that everyone dreamed of existed.
“I’m already trembling.”
It was Hakeno, the head of DNN, but he was also a person who started completely from the ground up.
Selling something that could change the flow of the world was more exciting than anything else.
The place where the promised people gather is England.
It was Hakeno who felt that the time on the plane was too long these days.
Arriving in England, Hakeno went straight to the hotel without doing anything to prepare for the meeting tomorrow.
Hakeno rechecked the materials he had prepared in the hotel room and the potion he had brought, and sent a message to Seonghyeon first.
‘There will be an announcement tomorrow when we arrive in England. I’ve taken care of everything that needs to be done before that, so you don’t have to worry about anything.’
Hakeno, who immediately fell asleep after finishing the review, went to the meeting place with all the materials the next day.
At the meeting place, there were quite a few familiar faces and new faces, and Hakeno greeted everyone one by one.
“Nice to meet you. DNN’s…”
It took quite a while to say hello, not just one or two people, and in the meantime, whether the scheduled time was up, the man who hosted this meeting appeared.
“Thank you for coming. Everyone gathered here is going to be a big tree in the future, so I hope that conversations for the future can be held at this place.”
The cup was lifted with a light applause, and soon everyone raised the glass together.
After that, the conversation started like any other meeting.
Representatives of the same industry, or people with whom they knew each other, started a conversation.
If it ends like this, it would be difficult to explain the potion properly, but it was not a meeting place for businessmen for nothing.
Each new invention and discovery.
Or things to invent, and things to discover.
I was given time to talk about these things in front of everyone.
In fact, the biggest reason that DNN was invited to this meeting was that it had a deep connection with the former Prime Minister of Japan rather than any other reason.
“Have you prepared anything special for DNN?”
“Haha, why not? It is an undeserved honor for us to be here.”
“DNN seems to be a better place to understand topics than I thought.”
Although the outright attack continued, Hakeno responded with a relaxed expression without changing the color of his face or expression.
“Isn’t that the first quality of an entrepreneur? For some people, even picking up coins on the street can be overkill.”
“…”
At the moment when the atmosphere between them was about to get a little rough, the main purpose of today’s meeting and the time everyone has been waiting for has arrived.
“Excuse me during the conversation. From now on, let’s take time for the things that will be responsible for our and everyone’s future.”
This time, there was a slightly louder applause than before, and the host introduced the first person to explain.
“This is CLK’s representative Chris.”
“Nice to meet you. CLK’s…”
The explanation went like this.
Introduction of the organizer and the appearance of the person to be explained.
Quite a number of people were seated, but the person to actually introduce was fixed.
Only about 10 places participated in the explanation, and the content was simple.
How to use new crystals, how to produce equipment more efficiently, etc.
There were many inventions and discoveries, but unfortunately, the results that satisfies those who sat in the position of representatives did not come easily.
As the explanation continued, as time passed, I could feel that everyone in this place was getting bored.
“Next is…CNN’s Hakeno-sama.”
The organizers also showed a very dissatisfied expression.
The situation was far worse than I had expected.
Some of these events were prepared to make connections with each other, but if there were really good things, I was going to continue investing.
‘Ttt… this year is not very good.’
“Nice to meet you. This is DNN’s Hakeno.”
When I introduced it, I could hear applause every time I introduced it, but when it was Hakeno’s turn, I was afraid that I would have to listen carefully to hear it.
“Before introducing the things I prepared, I think I need to refresh the atmosphere a little.”
As Hakeno said, the mood right now is not very good.
They even had conversations with each other, and there were many places where they didn’t even look at Hakeno.
“First, would you like to see this?”
Hakeno placed the potion he had brought with him on the platform.
But the reaction was cold.
Just giving one glance is all it takes.
“this is!”
As Hakeno slammed down the podium and shouted, everyone’s eyes began to focus on Hakeno.
However, since it was a bit of a radical method, I couldn’t get rid of their wrinkled forehead.
“It’s an Elixir.”
There was no one here who did not know the meaning of the word elixir.
However, such a word only appears in games, novels, and cartoons, and in this real world, there was no object that could be attached to the word elixir.
“What, what? Elixir?”
The host, who had not interrupted a single word while introducing people so far, asked Hakeno whether it was difficult for him to bear this time, forgetting his position as well.
“Please explain in detail.”
“of course.”
Hakeno first began to reveal the contents of his short time experiment.
“We first got this elixir, and we tested it on mice with terminal disease and on mice with major trauma.”
Hakeno recorded the experiment on video, and as soon as Hakeno finished speaking, a screen appeared in the background.
[The left is a mouse injected with Pp-302F. It is known as an incurable disease. And on the right side, as you can see, there is a large wound on the abdomen. Bleeding is still in progress.]
The attention focused on the word elixir changed to concentration when the video started.
“Hey, what is that…”
It’s as if he saw something he couldn’t see.
Everyone started to look at the video with a stupid expression on the scene beyond common sense.
“…that’s it.”
The efficacy of the elixir was great, but there was a limit to what it could be trusted in the video.
So, just as he was about to object to this, Hakeno looked to the side and said whether he had even prepared it beforehand.
“Bring it.”
Soon after, the secretary brought a grate with rats in it, and Hakeno stepped forward on the podium and raised the grate to make it more visible.
“As you can see, it’s a healthy rat.”
Hakeno grabbed the mouse from the grate and pulled it out while holding the knife the secretary had brought with him.
He then cut off the rat’s limb and threw it back into the grate.
The pitiful animal’s sick sounds began to be heard, but now they didn’t see anything like that.
“Here…”
Hakeno dropped a portion of the potion he had brought, now the Elixir, onto the rat.
Then, the sound of the animal’s sickness, which had just been heard, was replaced with the sound of regaining vigor and health.
“…”
No one could open their mouth.
I can only hear the sound of the glass being dropped and broken intermittently.
Hakeno said with a bright smile as he looked at the people who had lost their minds.
“In a week. The commercialization of this elixir begins.”
The quiet interior was broken with Hakeno’s last words.
Now, only two words were ringing in their ears.
A week and commercialization.
“Hakeno-sama! TU’s…!”
“CEO Hakeno! Let’s talk for a moment…!”
Everyone could not keep the dignity they were trying to protect, and as they approached Hakeno on the podium, someone shouted from behind.
That’s where there was some friction with the first DNN.
“Mom, everyone, calm down! You don’t even know what that drug is! Have you forgotten the past? Don’t you all know the end of the drug that forcibly unlocks the ability?!”
At those words, the people who were approaching Hakeno seemed to have regained their composure for a while, so they stopped and said.
“Wow, there must have been such a past…”
“If it’s something like that…”
“CEO Hakeno, can you identify the source of this drug?”
The mood subsided in an instant, and began to lean toward objection.
However, Hakeno’s expression was strangely calm.
As if it were expected.
“you’re right. As you said, there are side effects.”
“Also…”
“Then it doesn’t mean much.”
“It’s usually never good to have a belly button bigger than a belly button.”
Hakeno, observing their reaction, swallowed the rest of the potion himself.
“…!”
“But the side effects are not something we can afford. It belongs to the creator. Oh, I can see it as a sacrifice, not a side effect.”
“What else is that…”
Hakeno placed the empty bottle on the podium.
For that brief time, only silence passed, and then Hakeno’s words continued.
“The Elixir suddenly appeared. And the owner of the only healing power in the world. Don’t you feel something?”
“Stand, please!”
“That Korean Kim Seong-hyun Hunter?”
“Are you saying this drug really came from Hunter Kim Seong-hyun?”
Everyone in this place knew Seonghyeon.
I didn’t even know it in the first place. If you didn’t know, it was also proof that you were being culled.
“He made it himself. You have already completed verification. The side effects I mentioned follow the side effects of Hunter Kim Seong-hyun. You bear all the pain of the target who used the Elixir.”
It seemed that there was even faith in the words, but it was a different story if it was created by Seong-hyeon himself.
Since it was Seonghyun who had even revealed the recoil of his abilities, Hakeno’s words now had enough truth.
“Everyone seems to have understood the situation well, so I will leave you with just one word.”
A quiet silence passed.
What would be Hakeno’s last words, the only link to Elixir?
There was the sound of swallowing dry saliva, and the sound of drinking water to moisten dry lips.
“After this meeting is over today, I will be staying at the UK hotel only for the next 3 days.”
Hakeno left behind these words and went out to the exit behind the podium.